At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

Lin Qingxin thought, since he had already revealed his cards, he might as well follow the headman's words and see what he and Gu Dahuai were planning so that he could counter their moves.

So he wiped his tears, smiled bitterly and said, "Village head, please think about this. If Dahuai can't pay, I won't force him."

Song Youliang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but before he could finish his breath, he was almost choked to death by her next words.

"Then please ask him to convert the interest into grain, which will settle the debt my family owes you."

The villagers were a little excited when they heard this. They never thought that these bad debts could be recovered. However, Song Youliang and Gu Dahuai were staring with wide eyes.

Twelve and a half taels!

Converted into food? !

Even though grain is more valuable than gold nowadays, those twelve and a half taels can fill several ox carts!

Song Youliang hurriedly held down Gu Dahuai, who was about to explode, and whispered, "Listen to me. As long as you hold back your grievances, I will find a way to appease your sister-in-law who is biting like a mad dog."

Gu Dahuai gritted his teeth, and finally threw his hands in anger, saying, "Then there is Lord Lao Lizheng. I believe you will be impartial and selfless."

Song Youliang smiled slightly, telling him not to worry.

But in reality, what Song Youliang was thinking was to suppress the matter quickly to prevent it from escalating. Otherwise, if he really allowed the Lin family to act recklessly, he might even lose his position as the village head.

As for Gu Dahuai, he can help as much as he can.

Anyway, this coward Liang didn't dare to really make their affair public. After all, he still had to take care of his own life, Gu Changqing.

After the surroundings quieted down, the village head said in a very authoritative manner:

"Daughter-in-law of the Gu family, I have to say something fair that may offend you. You shouldn't be asking for such unreasonable demands at this time.

"If you're pushing him like this, aren't you driving Da Song's only sibling to a dead end? As the saying goes, forgive others when you can, and a harmonious family is the root of everything. After all, you're relatives, connected by bones and tendons. There's no need to go to such great lengths, don't you think?"

Lin Qing sneered.

Since it is a fair statement, how could it offend her?

What would offend her would naturally be the lies that cover up the so-called justice.

She saw that the village head seemed to be neither helping nor against either side, but he was protecting Gu Dahuai openly and secretly, and it was obvious who he was on.

The abacus beads are about to hit her face, so don't blame her for tearing off her mask.

"Mr. Village Head, they say that we must endure it till the end. If our family had not been oppressed to the point of being unable to breathe, we would never have been so heartless to our brothers.

"You hold great prestige, and I doubt you would lose face by helping such a cold-blooded brother-in-law. And you can see that I only suggested the food compensation because I didn't want him to go to jail."

The onlookers thought of Lin Qing's words that he could return their holes to them, and as soon as he finished speaking, they heard shouts of support one after another.

Song Youliang has been the head of Songsi Village for a long time and has a high seniority. Normally, everyone is polite to him when they meet him. This is the first time that someone dares to be sarcastic in front of him.

Coupled with the booing from the people around him, he really felt a little embarrassed. He touched his gray beard, tapped Gu Dahuai lightly with his crutch, and signaled him with his eyes not to speak for the time being.

"Daughter-in-law of the Gu family, I naturally understand your painstaking efforts, and I don't want to see your two families quarreling and estranged forever..."

Lin listened to him repeating the same thing over and over again and couldn't help but interrupt him.

"Sir, I know you're concerned about your fellow villagers' reputation and don't want to take things too far. So I don't want to trouble you, so I'll ask you to sign my petition as a guarantor, and I'll take the case to the magistrate.

"I think the magistrate, since he doesn't know me and doesn't know who Gu Dahuai is, should be able to enforce the law impartially and not show partiality to anyone."

These words were even more embarrassing than the slap in the face that had just hit Gu Dahuai.

After hearing Lin Qing say this, everyone came to their senses.

No wonder the headman's words just now sounded a bit strange. He disagreed with any method proposed by the eldest daughter-in-law of the Gu family. It turned out that he was favoring Gu Dahuai!

At that moment, they all began to think back to the past when their families had problems and needed to ask the village head for justice. Did he also show some bias?

Just when the villagers' trust in the head of the village was beginning to decline, they suddenly heard someone burst into laughter.

When I turned around, I saw Song Dadong laughing so hard that he almost fell to the ground.

"Oh my god, if this gets out, won't our Uncle Liang be laughed out loud? He's helping his brother-in-law bully a widow, hahahahahaha..."

Someone immediately agreed.

"If that were the case, our village would be famous! Uncle Liang would be the most important person in the village!"

"That's right, even if you look all over Songyang County, I'm afraid there won't be another one!"

Lin Qing looked at the chaos around him coldly, thinking that it seemed that this village head was not as respectable as everyone said.

Otherwise, his image would not be damaged by a few words.

Matsuyou Ryoman had never expected things to develop like this. As people's words became more and more outrageous, he became so angry that his whole body was shaking, and his gray beard swayed in the wind.

He raised his cane and waved it in the air a few times, then said in a trembling voice, "Quiet, everyone, be quiet!"

Only this time it took quite a while before the noise of the crowd died down.

Although Song Youliang was angry and annoyed, he had a good mental state. He comforted her with the look of a patriarch, "Daughter-in-law of the Gu family, I know you are angry, but it doesn't have to be so serious that you need to go to court!

"It was indeed wrong of Dahuai to arrange the engagement privately without your consent. However, since it was a concubine, it would be relatively easy to cancel the engagement. After all, there was no consent procedure. All I have to do is return the betrothal gifts to Master Jia, and I will risk my reputation to plead for him, and the matter should be put behind me.

"As for the pension, Dahuai has a family to support, Changqing is studying in the academy, and Daya is getting married. It costs a lot, so you can't be mean to the young one, right? Why not ask him to pay you back less..."

Suddenly someone in the crowd interrupted him loudly.

"Mr. Village Head, in the final analysis, aren't you on the side of the second son of the Gu family, wanting him to pay less? But haven't you forgotten that Mrs. Gu raised Brother Dasong's four sons all by herself? Aren't you being mean to her by doing this?

"Or were you blinded by the money Gu Dahuai gave you, so you always side with him?"

No one had expected that there could be such a hidden story behind this. They all turned their eyes to the messenger of justice who had said such horrifying words, and were shocked to find that she was actually a little girl of yellow hair who was only a little over ten years old.

Of course, what is even more shocking is her identity.

It turned out to be the village head’s youngest daughter, Song Lingshuang!

Liu hurriedly pulled Song Lingshuang aside and scolded her fiercely, "Song Lingshuang, you bastard! Didn't I tell you to stay home and embroider? Why did you sneak out? And how did you talk to your father?"

After saying that, she looked up and smiled at everyone, saying, "Sister Lin, everyone, this little girl has no idea what she sees and she speaks nonsense without knowing anything. Please don't take it to heart."